RANDOLPH — It was the latest of just how dominant the Franklinville/Ellicottville girls track and field team has been this spring.
Tyyetta Herman entered a meet and ruled it.
The Titans, as a group, came into that meet and did the same.
Herman collected another three top-of-the-podium finishes and F/E won the team crown in convincing fashion on Friday at the Section 6 Class D championships. Herman placed first in her typical events — the 100 (:12.59), 200 (:25.88) and 400 (:58.22), taking the latter by over two full seconds. She added a fourth in the long jump (15-11) for good measure. And after a perfect duel season and a handful of weekend invitational victories, including the Hornell hardware, the Titans secured their biggest team championship to date, finishing first of 13 teams in Class D with 125 points, comfortably ahead of No. 2 and host Randolph (104 points), with Clymer/Sherman/Panama taking third (74), Portville fourth (55) and Holland fifth (47).
It was F/E’s third-straight Class D team title since the pandemic-cancelled 2020 season, all three of which have come by at least 21 points.
On the boys’ side, F/E continued its own strong campaign, placing a Big 30-best fifth of 12 teams with 37 points. Frewsburg won the team scoring with 155 points, edging Randolph (141.5). Holland (78) and Maple Grove (48) claimed third and fourth, respectively, while Portville was eighth (19).
In all, the F/E girls, who finished second in last week’s CCAA Division I meet behind Allegany-Limestone, boasted 12 top-three finishes in the class’s premier meet.
Megan Jackson was a double-winner in the throws, taking the shot put (34-4) and discus (112-8). Elizabeth Price finished just behind her teammate in both events, with marks of 31-6 ½ (pole vault) and 108-0 (discus).
Anna Slavinski, meanwhile, won the 400 hurdles (1:09.56) and was third in the pole vault (8-6). F/E also went 1-2 in the 2,000 steeplechase, with Alysa Williams turning in a winning mark of 8:00.96 and Bianca Bush placing second in 8:24.29. Abby Chudy added a third in the long jump with a leap of 15-11 ¼ and was fourth in the high jump (4-10).
Randolph’s Corinne Inkley won the pole vault (11-0) and was second in long jump and third in the 100 hurdles. Mattie Evansbrown was second in triple jump and fifth in the 400 hurdles, Eve Adams was second in pole vault and third in high jump, Payton Morrison was third in both the 200 and 400, Gracyn Rowland was third in steeplechase and fifth in the 3,000 and Renee Waterman took third in discus and fourth in shot put. Sara Smith was fourth in the 800.
Randolph had two second-place relays — the 1,600 (Adams, Evansbrown, Morrison, Kameron Luce) and 3200 (Adams, Smith, Luce, Matteson VanSickle) — along with a third-place 400 relay (Evansbrown, Inkley, Morrison, Alyia Oliverio).
Elsewhere in the region, Emma Gassman led Cattaraugus-Little Valley by placing second in the 200 (:26.92). Oliva Harmony notched a first for West Valley in the 1,500 (5:12.83). The Timberwolves and Wildcats tied with Gowanda for 10th place (10 points each).
The F/E boys logged a number of top-five performances en route to cracking the top five in the team totals. Among its best efforts were: Grant Cornell in the third 3,200 (3rd, 10:34.09), Benjamin Edwards in the 400 hurdles (3rd, 1:02.25) and Dominic Breton in the triple jump (4th, 37-4 ½) and discus (4th, 123-4).
Second-place Randolph had two boys double-winners: Jaiden Huntington in shot put (51-7.5) and discus (155-10) and Roan Kelly in the 800 (2:11.61) and 1,600 (4:45.10).
Talon Rowland won the 400 (:51.91) and was second in both the 200 and long jump while Caden Inkley won the pole vault (13-0).
Ryan Carpenter was second in shot put and third in discus, Clayton Crouse second in pole vault, Gavin Stearns second in high jump, Carson Conley third in the 110 hurdles and fourth in 400 hurdles while Parker Patterson was fifth in the steeplechase. Randolph won the 3,200 relay (Domanick Clark, Dempsey McDonald, Jordan Parson, Damon Fischler) in 8:59.74.
The 1,600 relay (Inkley, Clark, McDonald, Fischler) took second and 400 relay (Maverick Adams, Crouse, Inkley, Stearns) was fourth.
Cattaraugus-Little Valley’s Ben Seiflein had one of the Big 30’s top boys showings, placing third in the 400 (:54.67). The Timberwolves finished 10th with seven points. West Valley’s Jack Tharnish was fourth in the 3,200 (10:35.73) as the Wildcats were 12th with 5.5 points.